TSMC said likely to break 75% utilization, ship 250,000 wafers in May
IC design customers anticipate Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) average utilization rate is likely to break 75% in May, up from 50% in the fourth quarter of last year to 60% in the first quarter of this year and 63% for April. They indicate that TSMC's older 6" fabs and advanced 0.18-micron and smaller processing lines are nearing full capacity and its 0.35-micron processing is running at over 80% utilization.
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